#recycled plastic

[ranocchiasimpatica]

Soo,

I've been following the Precious Plastic project for a while now: it's a project for small scale plastic recycling, based on sharing knowledge open source so that anybody in the world can access it for free.

I think i'll write more about this in the future, i totally love what they're doing, but recently the project celebrated its 10 year anniversary and they made a lovely recap video. I think more people should see it: precious plastic has a superstrong real life community, but their youtube channel doesn't have that big of an audience because it was started only one year and a half ago. So,

Here's the link:

And i hope it will reach as many people as possible!

#precious plastic #plastic recycling #community #sustainability #solarpunk #recycling #recycled plastic #how am i supposed to use these tags #Youtube

[lennyjamin]

handbound flower book, probably 2021

#bookbinding #pressed flowers #recycled plastic #sketchbook paper #posting this because i just gave it away to my friend anna after at LEAST two years of holding onto it

[k00278300]

I worked with my piece of woven plastic and other recycled plastics with embroidery hoops to create disruptive lenses.

My goal is to use them as camera lenses to physically disrupt the vision of the viewer as well as disrupting the subject in the work.

#disrupt #weave #embroidery #recycled plastic

[movingtothefarm]

PLAEX Brick & Panel Construction System

PLAEX Building Systems™ offers unique construction solutions through a composite material called PLAEX-crete™, made from over 90% recycled waste. The company then uses this material to manufacture modular construction blocks that don't require cutting or mortar; this saves builders time and labor costs. PLAEX™ produces durable and fully interlocking building systems with a patent-pending process that uses a mix of difficult-to-recycle materials, including agricultural, marine, and industrial plastic waste and aggregate waste from the construction industry. These systems can be used in various low-rise construction projects, from retaining walls and flood walls to sheds, foundations, and even entire wall systems* (pending certification). Plus, they can be reused again and again.

#building materials #plaex bricks #walls #landscaping #recycled plastic #interlocking bricks

[norsteinbekkler]

Finally got the right temp on my bullshit toaster oven to get the plastic more liquid then jelly.

#lego #legoart #artists on tumblr #recycling #recycled plastic #recycled art #video

[skirtmag]

Melissa X Rouje collaboration 

#Melissa #Rouje Paris #Collaboration #Hypebae #Collab #Brazilian fashion #footwear #Jeanne Damas #parisienstyle #la parisienne #bikini #bathing suit #parisian fashion #mules #recycled plastic #shoes

[pomelo0o]

The Holidays - Lellopepper Sustainable Gallery (Leftover-Sammy)

#elise mesner #los angeles #upcycle #upcycled #foam #recycled plastic #film collage #easter eggs #easter #sandwich #play food #art #textiles #bread

[jonathanferraragallery]

ELIO JESÚS is a visual artist based in Havana whose work addresses the fragility of human nature. Graduated from the University of the Arts of Havana, Cuba 2019; Elio has personal and collective exhibitions in the USA, Spain, Portugal and Mexico, presenting his work at relevant events such as ARCO-Madrid Art Fair 2020, the Week of Contemporary Art in Mexico 2020 and the Havana Biennial 2019, where his work was presented and pointed out by The New York Times as one of the most relevant of the biennial in that edition. Elio has received scholarships such as the Noemí Award from the Brownstone Foundation (Paris) and the scholarship from the Tomás y Valiente Art Center (Madrid) where he recently presented an individual exhibition consisting of a series of “reconstructed drawings” that blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture. His works are part of collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts of Cuba in Vienna, Austria; column. Kulapat Yanstrasat, Los Angeles, USA; and col. Sir George Hollinberry, London, UK. 

ELIO JESÚS FONSECA CARDOSO

They say I can dream, 2022

acrylic and markers on fragments of recycled plastic

86.61h x 51.18w in

#Elio Jesús #Cuban Art #Recycled Art #Cuban Artist #Recycled Plastic #Cuba #Cuba Revisited #JFG #Jonathan Ferrara Gallery #ADNO

[tomwindeknecht]

I was so excited to share this animation, that I couldn't bottle it up any longer! Creminelli just launched their new 80% PCR (Post-Consumer Recycled) charcuterie trays. Now, you can enjoy charcuterie and help the environment!

#sustainable with creminelli #just one change to save the planet #protect their future #sustainable #stop motion #stop motion animation #charcuterie #snacks #creminelli #fine meats #animation #post consumer recycled #recycled #recycled plastic

[mossandfog]

Sungai Watch Creates Chairs From Rescued Plastic Bag Waste

Sungai Watch is an organization in and around Bali, Indonesia that goes to great lengths to clean waterways that are horribly polluted with plastic waste. Seemingly endless videos on social media show their crews wading into rivers and swamps that are absolutely ridden with plastic bags, bottles, and trash, and painstakingly cleaning it all up by hand. View this post on Instagram A post shared…

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#recycled plastic #recycled plastic bags #Sungai Watch

[longlistshort]

“Erika”, 2021, VCT, shotgun shells, and drink stirrers

“Duke the Fisherman’s High Quality Fluke Rigs Made in the USA™”, 2022, Found tampon applicators, fishing line, fishing hooks, nail polish, peg board, card stock

Detail of “Monument to Five Thousand Years of Temptation and Deception V, VI, VII”, 2022, Salvaged plastic, paint, fishhooks

The images above are from Duke Riley’s exhibition DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, on view at Brooklyn Museum in 2023. The artist’s inventive fishing lures, made from discarded plastic items found around waterways, are engaging to look at but highlight the grim reality of how much garbage is polluting our natural environment.

From the museum-

In DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash, Brooklyn-based artist Duke Riley uses materials collected from beaches in the northeastern United States to tell a tale of both local pollution and global marine devastation. Riley’s contemporary interpretations of historical maritime crafts—such as scrimshaw, sailor’s valentines, and fishing lures—confront the catastrophic effect that the oil, food, and beverage industries have had on the environment through single-use plastics. The works are presented in the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Jan Martense Schenck and Nicholas Schenck Houses, alongside a selection of historical scrimshaw from our collection, directly connecting environmental injustices past and present.

In his contemporary interpretations of scrimshaw—ink drawings etched into bone by sailors—Riley replaces the medium’s customary whale teeth with repurposed plastic containers, detergent bottles, toothbrushes, and other waste. The works incorporate the maritime imagery traditional to scrimshaw, but expand it to portray international business executives that the artist identifies as responsible for the perpetuation of single-use plastics. Also on view are Riley’s fishing lures and sailor’s valentines, similarly created with detritus found on northeast coastal beaches. The exhibition juxtaposes corporation-driven pollution with new short films by Riley that highlight New York community members working to remediate plastic damage and restore our waterways.

Erika, the mosaic pictured above, depicts the 1999 shipwreck of MV Erika which, after splitting in two during a heavy storm, released thousands of tons of oil into the Bay of Biscay off the coast of Brittany.

In the video below, Riley gives a brief tour of the Brooklyn show.

Some of the work from this exhibition is currently on view at Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg as part of their exhibition, The Nature of Art.

#Duke Riley #Brooklyn Museum #Environmental Art #Recycled Plastic #Fishing Lures #Mixed Media Art #Museum of Fine Arts St. Petersburg #MV Erika #Art Installation #Recycled Art #Sculpture #The Nature of Art #Trash #Wallpaper #fbf #Youtube

[sophialushambience]

Rugs have the power to transform a space, but what if they could do more than just elevate your decor? Introduce yourself to the world of plastic bottle rugs: an inventive and sustainable solution that not only makes your house look stylish but also promotes sustainability. Let's explore the details of purchasing plastic bottle rugs in this comprehensive guide, including what to look for and why these rugs are more than just floor coverings.

#plastic bottle rugs #outdoor rugs made from plastic bottles #rugs made of plastic bottles #recycled plastic

[k00278300]

I wanted to create a lens to disrupt the body. I took a sheet of acetate and heated it up with a heat gun. I pushed the shape of a body into it. I used markers and a glue stick to help me get the different forms of the body.

I started in the middle of the body and worked out started with the chest them head them legs and arms. I found that when i heated up one area it would slightly change the area next to it and I struggled with this and had to go back in to different parts to get the shape right.

It was also quite difficult to see what i was doing on a white background so I would hold it up to my window where the shapes become a lot more apparent.

#disrupt #recycled plastic #plastic #mold #lens

[zara0057]

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#recycled plastic #recycled plastic in uae

[ranocchiasimpatica]

ok, so i wanted to do the follow up to my first precious plastic post in an amazing way, written super well, in perfect english etc etc etc but i realized that i really wanted to talk about it as a project because i think it's really cool and i also realized that i'm not a journalist or whatever and this is a tumblr post so i can write however i want because there are no expectations yuhu so here i come

Precious Plastic:

as i have already mentioned it is a project to increase plastic recycling. i don't know how to put it well into words so here are some of the best videos that explain what they do:

This is the launch video for the version 4 of their machines. Basically, the project started in 2013 with Dave Hakkens form the Netherlands designing some machines to recycle plastic "at home" - what i mean is that they're pretty affordable and can be operated by one person meaning that anyone with a relatively small investment can set up a small workshop where they make their own recycled products. The machines were upgraded many times and the last version was version 4, that was announced at the end of 2020.

This one is the video they made for their 10 years anniversary. It contains a better recap of their history (what i just wrote about) and it's a nice introduction to their work i'd say.

BUT! -you will ask me- what do they have that is special? we hear about plastic recycling all the time. why do you think they are worth our attention?? why do you put the solarpunk tag when talking about them?

i think it's the principles and the values that guide the project that make it different, and this is shown in the best part of the precious plastic designs: they are totally OPEN SOURCE!

this means that all of the work that they did is up on the internet, accessible to everybody, FOR FREE! and well to make it pretty simple free stuff is the opposite of capitalism.

for example, this is the link with all the instructions to build a plastic shredder:

https://community.preciousplastic.com/academy/build/shredder

and no, it's not just the designs. they also made tutorials and clear instructions, plus they have info on how to create a business, and a lot more.

this is also a project that is helped by the members of the community themselves, the small recyclers (i don't know how it is called, maybe bottom-up participation???): on the community page, anybody can share how they built their own machines, or share a new mould they deigned for a product. The knowledge is shared by everybody, for everybody.

https://community.preciousplastic.com/how-to (community page)

for the casual enjoyers/supporters there is a discord community:

https://discord.com/invite/wMJHykrk4k

and obviously the youtube channel, where they post weekly videos visiting all of the workshops around the world (the last ones were in italy, but they visited workshops in south and central america, in kenya, in indonesia, and many other places).

https://www.youtube.com/@Precious_Plastic

Realistically, i personally do not believe that small sale recycling can be the final solution to the plastic pollution problem. I haven't fully elaborated an opinion on it, but in general i think that the solution would come by starting to consider plastic waste as a resource, almost like a prime source, and ditch oil completely, so that we can keep using plastic where it is necessary (sanitary field for hygene, other examples don't come to mind) but using only recycled one (is it possible? i should educate myself a bit more and then i'll tell you), and this change has to happen on a big industrial level.

But you know what i also think? this kind of change can happen only if we perceive recycled plastic as a valuable material, as the normal kind of plastic, and that's precisely what Precious Plastic does. by making the recycling accessible and making it a tangible experience (there are TONS of educational project that were born from their machines), it creates a virtuous cycle in which we consider recycling the norm, and using virgin plastic the weird thing.

So yeah, i think that's it for today. obviously the precious plastic team is amazing in any possible way aand is part of a bigger project that tackles creating a sustainable world in general called one army (a big lovely peaceful solidal community), and project kamp is another of their cool things they are doing, but i'll talk about that another time. i hope this was a readable post and that it made sense. cheers!

#Youtube #precious plastic #project kamp #solarpunk #plastic recycling #recycled plastic #sustainability #community #recycling community #recycling machine #my one army updates

[myxomatos-s]

zero-wasters are wild

#mat #recycled plastic #single use plastic #weaving #nonwoven fabric #lensblr #my image